Game apparatus.



P'a tented Nov. 4, 1902 H. J. FRYSINGEB. GAME APPARATUS.

(Application filed Kay 12, 1902.3

(No Model.)

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Uwrrno STATES PATENT Fetch.

HARRYJ. FRYSINGER, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

GAME APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 712,923, dated November4, 1902.

Application filed May 12, 1902. Serial No. 107,009. (No model.)

or ten pins, as desired; and the inventionv consists in certain novelconstructions and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 isa perspective view of a game apparatusembodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan View of the base or board. Fig.3 is a detail sectional view of the ball. Fig. 4 is a detail perspectiveview of the clamp. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective View, partly insection, of the clamp-screw and its head; and Fig. 6 is a detailperspective view of one of the socket-pieces.

The base or board A may-be of any suitable size and have produced uponit, by painting, staining, marking, inlaying, or otherwise, spots a,upon which may be placed the pins A, one of which is shown in Fig. 1.These pins in practice rest freely upon the base A,

so theylnay be knocked-down by 'the' meanspresently described. At one,end theboard A is provided with baffle-posts 0, usually three in number,as shown, and which may be detachably secured by fitting them insocket-pieces B, similar socket-pieces B being also provided to receivethe opposite posts G and G which are located adjacent to the oppositesides of the board A, comparatively near to the end of'such boardopposite to that which supports the posts 0. These posts C and c supportthe canvas or nettingD, which is secured at its ends to said posts,'serving to catch the pins knocked down in-the playing of the game. Thisnetting D is in the form of a pocket,-being passed at its middle aroundthe tube F and secured at its upper and lower edges by hooks F and F onthe tube and preferably screwed into the same, as will be understoodfrom Fig. 1. This tube F fits at its lower end in a socket e in theclamp E,

understood from Figs. 4.- and 5.

, passing above said socket through an opening E in the clamp, as willbe understood from Figs. 1 and 4:. The clamp E is useful in securing theboard F on a table or other support therefor and has a main frame, a

screw E and a swiveled head E, as will be The ballsupporting frame G hasan upright portion G, fitted at its lower end in the upper end of thetube F and offset or bent at G to rest .upon the upper end of the saidtube. Such frame also has a forwardly-extending horizontal arm G whichextends to a point in advance of the baffle-posts O, and has the ball Isuspended from it by the cord 1, as shown in Fig. 1.

In playing the'game pins of the desired number are placed on thespots atand the -.ball swings on,the cord I from its support in advance of thepost 0. toward the pins, the object being to pass theball between and,clear'of the postsO and in such manner as to strike and knockdown thepins A, the posts 0' increasing the difficulty of playing the game; aswill be readily understood from the I drawings. By myinveutio n it willbe noticed I render it possible to'play a scientific game of tenpins ina space of about ten feet; also, the making of directshots, as in a gameplayed on a sixtyfoot alley.

The game, when made sufficiently small, is suitable for a table-game.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

1. The game apparatus herein described, comprising the board, thebaffle-posts thereon, the pin-spots on'the board, the net, its end postsand central tube on the opposite sides of the spots from thebaffle-posts, the clamp for securing said central tube to the base orboard, the suspending-frame having an upright portion fitting inthecentral tube, and a horizontal portion extending over the board andbafiie-posts to a point on the opposite side of said posts from thepins, and the ball suspended from said frame and standing normally onthe'opposite side of the baffle-posts from the pin-spots, substantiallyas set forth.

2. A game apparatus comprising a board having indicating-spots for thepins, the baffle-posts arranged in a series on the board, and means forsuspending the ball, whereby it will normally hang on the opposite sidesof the baffle-posts from the spots, substantially as set forth. 7

3; The combination of the base or board, the netting secured on saidboard, the pinspots in front of the netting, and means for suspendingthe ball on the opposite side of the pin-spots from the netting,substantially as set forth.

4. A game apparatus comprising the board having the pin-spots, thenetting on the board on one side of the pin-spots, the battle-posts onthe board on the opposite side of the spots from the netting, and theball suspended normally on the opposite side of the baffle-posts fromthe pin-spots, substantially as set forth.

5. A game apparatus comprisingthe board, the upright tube, the clampsupporting said tube and arranged for application to" the board, nettingpassed around the upright tube and suitably connected at its ends withthe board, and the ball-support carried by the upright tube,substantially as set forth.

6. In a game apparatus, the combination with a board havingsocket-pieces, of the netting, the posts at the end of the netting andfitted to the socket-pieces, the tube for holding the middle of thenetting, and the clamp fitted to the board and supporting the tube,substantially as set forth.

'7. A game comprising a board having pinspots, a freely-suspended balland bafile-posts between the pin-spots and the normal position of theball, substantially as set forth.

8. A game apparatus comprising a board having a portion for supportingthe pins, baffle-posts on the board and spaced apart sufficiently topermit the ball to pass between them, the ball, and means forsuspendingthe ball so it will normally hang on the opposite side of thebattle-posts from the pin-support, whereby the ball may be caused topass between the battle-posts in swinging such ball to knock the pins,substantially as set forth.

HARRY J. FRYSINGER.

\Vitnesses:

J AS. E. NEWTON, AUGUST JOHN PFEIFFER.

